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Puppet show in Bruxelles.
Where I want to raise my French children so they can go watch this. :)
My goal: to post at least one photo from everywhere I go!
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I think the most exciting thing I did in Bruxelles was visiting the René Magritte Museum.
They had a Stanley Kubrick photography exhibition going on, which I wandered into (without paying, may I add).
The best was the René Magritte exhibition. Three floors containing the works of René Magritte. I think like most people, I really only knew who he was for ‘La trahison des images’. I hadn’t even realized a lot of his other work was even done by him!
A few things I was impressed by:
Cadavre exquis: A method of writing created by Oulipo whereby they would take turns writing a word of the sentence really quick. The end result was a ridiculous, but at the same time quite poetic, piece of work. What I saw at the gallery was a series of drawings done in the same fashion. Magritte was part of the surrealist movement, which means at that particular time a lot of artists and writers were working together. Anyhow, It was easy to distinguish each dessinateurs particular style. One was a man in a suit, with a night for a head. It’s quite interesting, or at least I thought so.
And the other thing I was absolutely impressed by was his major works. I have to admit, I think René Magritte is one of the most talented artists to have existed. There was one series of paintings in the gallery that were done during his Impressionist period; however, the subject of the painting was not in itself impressionist but surrealist! He definitely, in my opinion, puts Dali to shame. I didn’t feel as if I was looking at the same piece of art over and over as I did when I visited the Dali museum in Paris. Each piece of work was different and interesting.
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I also quite enjoyed my visit to the Parlement Européen! They had a big sign up saying ‘join in the discussion’.
“Oh, pick me!” I cried, then proceeded to single-handedly solve the Euro-crisis.
That being said, there was a protest going on outside. It was fun to watch Security freak out.
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It’s a small world after all. Sharing a room in a hostel in Bruxelles with a guy from Edmonton who went to university with a guy I grew up with!
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1. Jarred spaghetti. I decided to make my friends a Carrefour dinner à la française. Cost of dinner for 5 people? 6,03. Oh, how I missed Carrefour dinners.
2. Mystery “plat du jour” at a Chinese food restaurant for 3,80.
3. Delicious Belgian chocolate after the Marionette show!! (we are such kids)
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Mannequin Pis: Not really sure why or how this became famous. Apparently the French army stole it and left it outside a brothel. As an apology, louis XV commissioned a set of clothing to be made for the statue. This has become a tradition, and Mannequin Pis now has over 800 outfits!
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Having beers for a dear friends’ birthday:
“Prost!!” *clink* *clink* *clink* *clink*
I *clink* and smash my empty beer glass.
Waiter swoops in: “Next time you ‘prost’ get a bigger mug!” winks and brings me a new, full beer.
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On the way to Bruxelles
On my way back to Bruxelles, I got chastised for putting my feet up on the seat across from me and then I got yelled at by a police officer for j-walking. He actually sent myself and another woman back across the street to walk back over when the little pedestrian man was green. I don’t know… Belgium is kind of weird.
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This post is for my beloved Aimee:
The moment I stepped off the Metro at la gare Madou in Bruxelles, I got creeped! A dude watched me leave the gare, followed me, then tried to get me to let him help me find my hostel. Non merci. Creepysauce.But I am safely tucked away at the hostel. It has two balconies with a view of a roundabout!
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